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Seleucus I Nicator (/ s ɪ ˈ l uː k ə s /; [4] Greek: Σέλευκος Νικάτωρ, Séleukos Nikátōr, [b] "Seleucus the Victorious"; c. 358 BC – 281 BC) was a Macedonian Greek general, officer and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the eponymous Seleucid Empire, led by the Seleucid dynasty.
When Seleucus became king, he founded and named 16 cities in honor of his father, including the Syrian city of Antioch (now situated in modern Turkey) and the Seleucid Military Outpost, Antioch, Pisidia. Through Seleucus, Antiochus had thirteen Seleucid kings bearing his name, as well as various monarchs from the Kingdom of Commagene. Antiochus ...
Bronze bust of Seleucus I Nicator. Alexander's generals, known as diadochi , jostled for supremacy over parts of his empire following his death. Ptolemy I Soter , a former general and then current satrap of Egypt , was the first to challenge the new system, which eventually led to the demise of Perdiccas.
It was founded by Seleucus I Nicator, a general and successor of Alexander the Great, after the division of the Macedonian Empire as a result of the Wars of the Successors . Through its history, the Seleucid dominion included large parts of the Near East , as well as of the Asian territory of the earlier Achaemenid Persian Empire .
Apama (Ancient Greek: Ἀπάμα, romanized: Apáma), sometimes known as Apama I or Apame I, [1] was a Sogdian [2] noblewoman and the wife of the first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, Seleucus I Nicator. They married at Susa in 324 BC. According to Arrian, Apama was the daughter of the Sogdian baron Spitamenes.
Zeugma was founded in the early 3rd century BC as the city of Seleucia by Seleucus I Nicator, a Diadochus (successor) to Alexander the Great and Macedonian founder of the Seleucid Kingdom, on the site where he had the first bridge over the Euphrates built. [3] In 64 BC, the Roman Republic gained control of the city.
By Seleucus I Nicator: Phila, who later married her uncle Antigonus II Gonatas. By Antiochus I Soter: Seleucus, who was executed for rebellion. Laodice; Apama II, who married Magas of Cyrene and was mother of Berenice II of Egypt. Stratonice II, who married her nephew/cousin Demetrius II Aetolicus (Phila's son by Antigonus II).
Achaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιός; flourished 3rd century BC) was a Seleucid nobleman and was the second son born to King and founder of the Seleucid Empire Seleucus I Nicator and Sogdian noblewoman Apama I. [1]